Jodie Comer to Star in HBO Thriller ‘The Chain’
The Hollywood Reporter • • entertainment
Key Points:
- HBO has cast Jodie Comer, known for her role in Killing Eve, as the lead in the thriller series The Chain, playing Rachel, a suburban mother faced with kidnapping challenges.
- The Chain is based on Adrian McKinty's 2019 novel about a kidnapping scheme where parents must kidnap another child to save their own, with showrunner Damon Lindelof expanding the story's mythology.
- The series is the first project from Lindelof's two-year overall deal with HBO, with Lindelof, Carly Wray, and Breannah Gibson involved in the pilot's creation and Lindelof serving as showrunner and executive producer.
- Jodie Comer, an Emmy winner for Killing Eve, has several recent and upcoming projects, including The Death of Robin Hood, and is represented by Independent Talent Group and WME.
- Executive producers include Damon Lindelof, Michael Ellenberg, Lindsey Springer, Shane Salerno, Breannah Gibson, Joe Iberti, with Adrian McKinty as co-executive producer.